The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Colchester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft
Rank 10 16 9
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 25 33 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 14.20% 18.13% 16.81%
As % of the Vendors category 35.71% 37.08% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25 30 38
Average salary £28,000 £34,015 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.68% -11.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £19,450 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,250 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -
All Vendors
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
70 89 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 39.77% 48.90% 49.58%
Number of salaries quoted 63 78 90
Average salary £34,500 £38,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.21% -10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £32,625
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Microsoft
Essex

Microsoft
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Colchester Microsoft Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Colchester region.

Colchester Microsoft Salary Trend

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Colchester Microsoft Salary Histogram

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft.

1 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 30 (44.78%) SQL Server
3 27 (40.30%) .NET
3 27 (40.30%) SQL
4 25 (37.31%) C#
5 20 (29.85%) VB.NET
5 20 (29.85%) Silverlight
6 16 (23.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (22.39%) Test Scripting
8 13 (19.40%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (14.93%) Automated Testing
9 10 (14.93%) .NET Framework
9 10 (14.93%) MS Office
9 10 (14.93%) ASP.NET
9 10 (14.93%) MS Excel
10 9 (13.43%) Windows
10 9 (13.43%) SAP
10 9 (13.43%) WCF
10 9 (13.43%) WPF
11 8 (11.94%) PerformancePoint
11 8 (11.94%) SAP CO
11 8 (11.94%) SAP FI/CO
11 8 (11.94%) Oracle
11 8 (11.94%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (11.94%) Oracle Financials
11 8 (11.94%) ERP
11 8 (11.94%) SAP FI
11 8 (11.94%) JD Edwards
11 8 (11.94%) Sage
12 7 (10.45%) Active Directory

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (40.30%) .NET
2 20 (29.85%) Silverlight
3 10 (14.93%) .NET Framework
3 10 (14.93%) ASP.NET
4 9 (13.43%) WCF
4 9 (13.43%) WPF
5 7 (10.45%) J2ME
5 7 (10.45%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (5.970%) Web Services
7 3 (4.478%) XML
8 1 (1.493%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.493%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.493%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) MS Office
1 10 (14.93%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (11.94%) SAP CO
1 8 (11.94%) SAP FI/CO
1 8 (11.94%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (11.94%) SAP FI
2 4 (5.970%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.463%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.970%) VPN
2 4 (5.970%) Firewall
2 4 (5.970%) Network Security
3 1 (1.493%) LAN
3 1 (1.493%) WAN
3 1 (1.493%) DHCP
3 1 (1.493%) DNS
3 1 (1.493%) Intranet
3 1 (1.493%) Internet
3 1 (1.493%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (44.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.94%) PerformancePoint
2 8 (11.94%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (7.463%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (7.463%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (5.970%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (5.970%) MySQL
4 4 (5.970%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (5.970%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.970%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.493%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.493%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 2 (2.985%) Law
3 1 (1.493%) Banking
3 1 (1.493%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (38.81%) Analyst
2 25 (37.31%) Developer
3 15 (22.39%) Test Analyst
4 13 (19.40%) .NET Developer
5 10 (14.93%) Software Test Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Software Developer
6 8 (11.94%) Support Analyst
7 7 (10.45%) Systems Developer
8 5 (7.463%) Agile Test Analyst
9 4 (5.970%) DBA
9 4 (5.970%) SQL DBA
9 4 (5.970%) Support Manager
9 4 (5.970%) IT Support Manager
9 4 (5.970%) IT Support
10 3 (4.478%) C# Software Developer
10 3 (4.478%) C# Developer
10 3 (4.478%) Help Desk Analyst
11 2 (2.985%) Support Engineer
12 1 (1.493%) Software Team Leader
12 1 (1.493%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.493%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.493%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Android
3 5 (7.463%) Linux
4 2 (2.985%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.985%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.493%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.493%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.493%) UNIX
5 1 (1.493%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) Test Scripting
2 13 (19.40%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (14.93%) Automated Testing
4 8 (11.94%) ERP
5 7 (10.45%) OO
5 7 (10.45%) MVC
5 7 (10.45%) Scrum
5 7 (10.45%) Mobile Application Development
6 5 (7.463%) Migration
6 5 (7.463%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.970%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.970%) CRM
8 1 (1.493%) Data Migration
8 1 (1.493%) Data Protection
8 1 (1.493%) Waterfall
8 1 (1.493%) Workflow
8 1 (1.493%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.493%) Document Management
8 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.493%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 27 (40.30%) SQL
2 25 (37.31%) C#
3 20 (29.85%) VB.NET
4 7 (10.45%) Objective-C
5 5 (7.463%) C
6 4 (5.970%) PHP
7 3 (4.478%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.985%) VBA
9 1 (1.493%) XAML
9 1 (1.493%) VB
9 1 (1.493%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.493%) APMP
2 1 (1.493%) VCP5
2 1 (1.493%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (1.493%) PMP
2 1 (1.493%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.985%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.493%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.493%) vSphere
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) SAP
2 8 (11.94%) Oracle
2 8 (11.94%) JD Edwards
2 8 (11.94%) Sage
3 4 (5.970%) Avaya
3 4 (5.970%) Apple
4 3 (4.478%) VMware
5 2 (2.985%) Citrix
6 1 (1.493%) Open Text
6 1 (1.493%) Telerik
6 1 (1.493%) HP
6 1 (1.493%) Cisco
6 1 (1.493%) Interwoven
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